By Patrick Patten, Handride You think I'd miss a chance to pat myself on the back? Just read Alex Waldrop's new blog post And read this quote: "And a plan for the next 100 days will be presented to the...
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By Frank Vespe, That's Amore Stable Here are a few articles that were in Sunday's Washington Post : A quarter pager on an area high school track meet; Another quarter page article on a local high school...
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Courtesy of Teresa Genaro, Brooklyn Backstretch Last August, Jessica Chapel of Railbird and I were invited by Seth Merrow of Equidaily to appear on his show on Capital OTB to discuss how the Internet is...
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Courtesy of Ryan Patterson, GradedStakes.com Finding an industry that has friendlier and more helpful people than horse racing would be quite a task. I can remember when I first gained interest in racing...
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Andre Agassi is the perfect poster boy for image trumping reality. He was the rock star of tennis from the moment he set foot on the court in 1986, but he didn't win his first Grand Slam event until 1992...
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Michael Nikolic, Gathering the Wind I never gave much thought to routine. Every morning I wake up to a face full of dogs and an hours trudge around the neighborhood. It's nice and quiet and the few desperate...
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Teresa Genaro, Brooklyn Backstretch I live in a city that takes unabashed glee in the evisceration of its physical history. Tourist and natives alike are hard-pressed to discover any remnants of the Dutch...
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By Frank Vespe, That's Amore Stable It's a busy week among the bloggers of the Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance , what with important stories developing both nationally and internationally. Since the TBA...
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Courtesy of Kevin Martin, Colin's Ghost Fall racing for 2008 was missing what historically had been one of the marquee races for 2-year-olds. For only the fourth time since 1921, Maryland went without...
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